Adjustable curtain-pole or shade bracket.



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J. w. REID. v ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN POLE 0B SHADE BRACKET.

(Application filed Mar. 8, 1900.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH W. REID, OF PA'IERSON, NEW JERSEY.

ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN-POLE OR SHADE BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,611, dated June 12,1900.

' Application filed March 8,1900. Serial No. 7,783. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. REID, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paterson, county of Passaic, and State of New J ersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Curtain-Poleor Shade Brackets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to window-fixtures, and it has referenceparticularly to supporting-brackets for roller shades or curtains.

The object of the invention is to provide an inexpensive, efficient, andsimply-constructed bracket of this nature the parts of which areadjustable, so as not only to accommodate curtain or shade rollers ofvarious lengths and window-frames of various widths, but so as to becapable of sustaining each end of the roller at different elevations.

The invention consists in the improved roller-shade or curtain bracketand in the combination and arrangement of its various parts,substantially as will be hereinafter pointed out and finally embodied inthe clauses of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a shade or curtainsupported upon the frame of a window by means of my improved brackets.Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, in front elevation, of one of said brackets.Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of said bracket, a portion thereofbeing broken away. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of said bracket,presenting a slight modification of the invention. Fig. 5 is aview ofthat member of the bracket which is directly secured to the windowframe,presenting in dotted lines the modification shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is asectional view on the line as w in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a view in sideelevation of said member of the bracket which is directly secured to thewindow-frame, presenting another slight modification of the invention;and Fig. 8 is a sectional View on the line y y in Fig. 7.

In said drawings, a designates a window frame upon which is supported bymeans'of my improved brackets a shade or curtain b.

c designates the roller for the curtain, the same having trunnions d,which rest in the brackets.

Each bracket consists of two 1nembers,the one of which, e, is adapted tobe secured to the face of the window-frame and the other of which, f,directly receives the rollertrunnion, The member 6 consists of ametallic plate having in its body portion an elongated horizontal slot gand provided with upwardly and downwardly extending projections h andt', respectively, the former having a hole j penetrating it and thelatter being provided with a longitudinal slot 70, this slot beingdisposed at right angles with reference to the slot g. The member fconsists of a metallic plate having an integral outwardly-extending arm1 projecting from its upper end. It is this arm which directly supportsthe trunnion of the roller, and for this purpose it may be eitherprovided with the orifice m or the slot'n (indicated in dotted lines inFig. 3) for receiving, respectively, a round or flattened trunnion,according as the bracket is to be applied at the one or the other end ofthe roller. In the body portion of the member e is formed in its backsurface an elongated recess 0, with which the slot g communicates. Insaid recess fits the preferably squared head 19 of a bolt q,whose shankpenetrates the slot 9 and the member f and is threaded at its free end,being adapted to receive a wing-nut *1", which may be screwed thereon,so as to bind the two members tightly between the head of the bolt andsaid wingnut. In order to prevent the member f from turning on the boltwhen the same is slightly loosened, the body portion of said member isprovided on its rear face with a horizontal rib s, which takes againstthe up per edge of the body portion of the member e, or said member maybe provided with two ribs .9 on itsrear face, the one taking against theupper edge and the other against the lower edge of said body portion ofthe other member, as shown in Fig. at.

t is a screw which penetrates the slot is of the projection 11 of themember 6. By ma-= nipulating this screw, which is adapted to be driveninto the woodwork of the windowframe, as shown in Fig. 1, the member emay be secured, as will be obvious, at'various elevations on said frame.After the bracket has been adjusted vertically to the proper position ascrew it is inserted through the hole j and likewise driven into thewindow-frame; to assist the screw 15 in firmly securing said bracket inposition. Since the use of the screw it will involve its being insertedas 0t-x ten as it becomes necessary to adjust the brackets verticallyafter once being put up, I have provided in the modified forms of my;brackets means for obviating this. According to the modifications shownin.

Figs. 4c, 5, and 6, in theback surface of the membersv and extendingupwardly from its slot g is formed a dovetailed groove 1). This groox eis adapted to receive the head'of a nail or screw w, which is driveninto the: woodwork of the window-frame before the member is secured inplaceby the screw 15.

By the use of this construction the member e of the bracket may beadjusted verticallywithout first doing more than loosening the screw 15.I

According to the modifications shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the rear face ofthe membere is provided with a lug or projection z, the same beingadapted to project'into a groove or recess a, formed in the surface ofthe win-Y down-frame under said member. j y B y the use of myimprovedcurtain or shade bracket only the simplestmanipulation is necessary inorder to fit the shades or ourtains to. the window-frame when they'areinitially placedin position, andafterward, should one end of the rollertend to sag, as is sometimes the case when the shade is fro quentlyoperated, this may be remedied by elevating the member f of the bracket.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 'is-- 1.111a window-shade bracket, the combination of two members, the one havingslots extendingin relatively-transverse directions, and means foradjustably connecting the two members, saidmeans penetrating one of thetwo slots, and movable in the same longitudinally thereof and the meansfor sustaining the bracket in position being adapted to pene trate theother slot, substantially as described.

2; The combination, with a window=frame, of. a window-shade bracketconsisting of two members, the one having slots extending inrelatively-transverse directions, and means for adjustably connectingthe two members, said means penetratingthe one ofsaid slots and movablein the same longitudinally thereof, means,'penetrating the other 'slot,for securing said bracket to the frameyand a coacting groove andprojection engagement be tween said firstnamed member of the bracket andthe frame, su'bstantiallyas described.

' 3. The combination, with a window-frame,

of a window-shade bracket consisting of two adjus'tably-connectedmembers of which one is the supporting membeiysaidsupporting memben having a dovetailed groove, means for adj ustab'l ysecuring said supporting member to'the frame, and a headeddevice securedin the'frame, thehead of said device engaging said last-named member inthe groove thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthis'3d day of JOSEPH. w. REID.

Witnesses:

ALFRED GARTNER, WM. D. BELL.

